Manure-spreader.



J.-D. EUHOLS. MANURE SPREADER.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 18, 1910.

Patented July 19, 1910.

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APPLICATION FILED APR. 18. 1910.

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UNITED STATES JOHN D. ECHOLS, 0F KAUFMAN, TEXAS.

MANURE-SPREADER.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented July 19, 1910.

Application filed April 18, 1910. Serial No. 556,134.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN D. EoI-IoLs, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Kaufman, in the county of Kaufman and State of Texas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Manure-Spreaders,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for distributing manure; and it has forits object the provision of a device adapted to be socured to the hindend of a farm-wagon and having a distributing mechanism that may beconnected to the rear wheels of the wagon to operate it.

My invention will be described in detail hereinafter and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a view of the rear'fragment of a farm-wagon, showing my improved manure spreader mountedthereon; Fig. 2, a top plan view; Fig. 8, a sectional view through thespreader-drum; Fig. 4, a detail view of the chutes and mounting; andFig. 5, a detail view of one of the clutched gearwheels on thewheel-hub.

In the drawings similar reference characters indicate correspondingparts throughout all of the views.

A indicates the rear fragment of an ordinary farm-wagon, to which mymanurespreader hereinafter described will be secured, B being the rearaxle on which the wheels C are journaled.

My improved manure-spreader has a casing comprising vertical side-plates1, secured to the sides of the wagon-body, a curved plate 2 forming itsrear end, a curved crosswise partition 3 having its lower end secured tothe lower edge of rear plate 2, while its upper end is extendedhorizontally, as shown at 1, and adapted to be secured to the bottom ofwagon-body A, and a parti tion 5, connecting rear plates 2 and crosswisepartition 3 and dividing the space therebetween into two hoppers 6 and 67 indicates the front plate of the casing.

8 indicates a drum journaled in side plates 1, having radial vanes orpaddles 9 secured thereto and extending through slots 10 in thepartition 3 on each side of partition 5,

1 11 indicating sprocket-wheels secured to the trunnions or shafts ofthe drum.

12 indicates chutes pivotally secured in the middle of the opening 13under the drum 8, between the front and rear walls of the casing, and 14rods pivotally secured to the chutes and provided with a series of holes15 to receive pins on the front of plate 7 to regulate the pitch of thechutes.

16 indicates sections slidably mounted on the chutes to extend them whendesired.

The hubs 0 of wheels C have sleeves 17 loosely mounted thereon withsprocket-gear faces thereon 011 which are geared chains 18, that aregeared to sprocket-wheels 11.

Sleeves 17 are each provided with a circumferential groove 19, in whichis mounted the bifurcated end 20 of a lever 21, to slide the sleevelengthwise of the hub 0, the sleeve being also provided with one or morenotches 22 in which a pin 23 on the hub engages when the sleeve is movedin the direction to clutch the sleeve to the hub.

It will be understood that instead of having the gearing for rotatingthe drum on both sides of the wagon it may be constructed on one sideonly, and that the speed of the drum may be regulated as desired bychanging the gear-wheels 11 to wheels of more or less sprockets, asshown.

In operation the manure is thrown into the hoppers 6 and 6 by hand'andis fed to the chutes 12 by the vanes or paddles 9 on drum 8. When it isdesired to stop the feeding of the manure, as, for instance, in turningat the end of the field, the sleeves 17 are thrown out of clutch withthe pins 23 on hubs 0 by means of levers 21.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A manure-spreadercomprising vertical side walls, a curved rear end plate, a curvedcross-wise partition having slots, a rotatable drum mounted under thepartition and having vanes or paddles extending through the slots,substantially as shown and described.

2. A manure-spreader comprising a casing having vertical side plates, acurved end plate at its rear, a curved cross-wise partition connectingthe side plates and having slots therein, a drum rotatably mounted unmyhand in presence of two subscribing der thelcurved partition and havingvanes Witnesses. or padd es extendin throu h the slots in the Tpartition, chutes arr anged iinder said drum, JOHA ECHOLS' 5 and gearingto rotate the drum, substan- Witnesses:

tially as shown and described. GEORGE V. SMITH, In Witness whereof, Ihave hereunto set 1 E. A. GARLISLE.

